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He is an impressive passer of the ball, averaging 53.51 passes per 90 minutes with an impressive success rate of 84.6%. It’s a not too dissimilar average to the man he has been touted to replace in City’s midfield, Fernandinho. This season, the Brazilian has averaged 64.53 passes this season with an average success rate of 89.7%.

Palaversa is capable of sending through balls to break opposition lines as well as exploiting any free space behind an opposition defence - he is averaging 10.15 passes into the final third with a success rate of 72.3%

Below shows Palaversa in action for Split earlier this season. He spots the run of his team-mate and threads a pinpoint pass through the space in between the oppositions defence and attack.

Ante Palaversa slides the ball forward (Image: WyScout)

He finds his team-mate with ease (Image: WyScout)

Not only is he an accomplished passer, the youngster can also can dribble out of tight situations when required, averaging 2.77 dribbles per 90 minutes with a success rate of 76.2%. For context, Fernandinho is averaging just 1.46 dribblers per 90 minutes with a success rate of 71.9%.

Palaversa can also better Fernandinho in terms of offensive duels, averaging 6.05 with a success rate of 56.2%.

Areas of improvement and verdict

While it seems Palaversa has potential to be more of an attacking threat than Fernandinho, he is way off the sort of numbers conveyed by the Brazilian veteran.

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He is averaging just 2.77 interceptions per game compared to Fernandinho’s average of 4.99. In terms of defensive duels, he is averaging 6.36 with a success rate of 23.9%. Again, Fernandinho betters this return averaging 8.23 per 90 minutes with a success rate of 26%.

Though unfair to compare the youngster to an established star such as the Etihad hero, there is at least a good indication that Palaversa already possess a good balance between contributing in a number of defensive areas and assisting efficiently in team attacks.

It’s clear Palaversa is an exciting talent with bags of ability - and one for sure to get City fans excited.